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WGUS72 KCHS 291628

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SCC029-291700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1227 PM EDT THU AUG 29 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COLLETON COUNTY

UNTIL 1 PM EDT...



AT 1225 PM...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN PERSISTING ACROSS 

NORTHERN COLLETON COUNTY FROM CANADYS TO SIDNEY SOUTH TO WALTERBORO

AND HENDERSONVILLE. RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF

RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS IN THESE AREAS WITH AS MUCH AS 5 TO 6 INCHES

BETWEEN CANADYS AND SIDNEY. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE 

EXTENDED BEYOND 1 PM.



DANGEROUS FLOODING IS LIKELY IN PROGRESS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS 

WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN

AUTOMOBILES.



REPORT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THIS

INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON.



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